§ 14.09. Same—Jurisdiction, authority and powers generally.

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The judges of said court shall have the same authority as provided by law by circuit court judges and chancellors to grant fiats for writs of injunction, attachments and other extraordinary process. Said judges shall have the jurisdiction and authority conferred upon trial judges by chapter 21, title 40 of the Tennessee Code Annotated [Repealed]* relative to suspension of sentences and revocation thereof. They shall have the power to remit fines and to release sentences imposed by them. Said judges are empowered to issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and upon the failure of any witness so subpoenaed to attend, to compel his or her attendance by attachment. Said judges shall further be empowered to punish any person for contempt committed in the presence of the court by imposing a fine not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25.00); and/or jail sentence not to exceed ten (10) days, and in default of payment of a fine so imposed, to imprison such guilty person in the metropolitan workhouse or jail until said fine is discharged.

(Amended by Res. No. 71-1222, § 1, 8-5-71; Res. No. 88-526, § 20, 10-4-88; amended by referendum election of November 6, 2018, Amdt. 6)

*Editor's note— Repealed by Acts of 1989, ch. 591, § 7. For present provisions concerning criminal sentencing, see ch. 35, part 3 of title 40.

                    
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